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When you see the whole aerobar setup from other angles it looks like it should be plenty beefy enough...especially as you're only resting your body on them, rather than wrenching side to side like you do on your bars.
When you think how tiny saddle rails are, or how little metal is around a stem face plate, or a crank arm/spider etc, compared to how many times they ever break....It should be plenty strong enough.
I also trust Rob's judgement..experience, and mechanical engineering degree too. :]
With regards to safety...I dont think what 'might' happen 'if' you have a crash should ever have an effect on how you set a bike up from a comfort/position point of view.
It shouldnt really be any worse than a regular aerobar setup with armrests and forward extensions.
The amount of comfort the higher/closer position brings over any amount of distance far outweighs the likelyhood of injury on the few occasions you might take a spill in my opinion.
We can't control what we might land on on the ground, so i'm not going to let the worry of what i might land on on the bike affect any setup decisions either. :]
He's done a great job though with this particular part...it's pretty much exactly what I had in my head...but even tidier. Weight wasn't a concern for me really with the aerobars, it was about position, and trying not to have extension tubes obscuring the loop of the H-bars...but I'm interested to see how the weight compares with a regular aerobar setup.
I can't wait to see the front rack come together next!